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A cross-sectional survey on knowledge and perceptions of health risks associated with arsenic and mercury contamination from artisanal gold mining in Tanzania [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2013 Background An estimated 0.5 to 1.5 million informal miners, of whom 30-50% are women, rely on artisanal mining for their livelihood in Tanzania. Mercury, used in the processing gold ore, and arsenic, which is a constituent of some ores, are common ...
Charles Elias +5 more
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NKOTA WATA: Mining and metaphor in Hamtai-Anga "Gold Dreaming" [PDF]
, 2006 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This work examines a series of mining-related dream narratives as a means of gauging how a community of New Guinean artisanal and small-scale gold miners ...
Moretti, Daniele
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Alternautas, 2022 Mining, right, to water, struggle, Amazon, Peru Since the 2008 financial crisis, increase in global demand and the price of gold have led to an expansion of industrial and artisanal gold mining (Swenson et al., 2011; World Gold Council, 2010). Worldwide,
Céline Delmotte
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Access to Land and Natural Resources in the Peruvian Amazon
Revue Internationale des Études du Développement, 2022 This article explores power relations between farmers and artisanal gold miners based on an analysis of a buffer zone in the Amazonian department of Madre de Dios (Peru), which has been experiencing a gold rush since the mid-2000s.
Céline Delmotte
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VertigO, 2023 In 2010, the Cotapata cooperative in Bolivia was the first artisanal mining organisation to sell "fair trade" gold globally, followed in the country by the "15 de agosto" cooperative and Yani.
Claude Le Gouill, Hernan Herbozo
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Artisanal Gold Mining Camps in the Butana (Eastern Sudan) as Migration Hubs [PDF]
, 2023 Artisanal and small-scale gold mining sites have become large-scale migration hubs for thousands of young men from Sudan and its neighbouring countries.
Abdul-Jalil, Musa Adam
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EchoGéo, 2021 The formalization of artisanal gold mining is recommended by the World Bank, which considers that it promotes the minimization of harmful impacts. According to some authors, mechanization and the high level of the price of gold internationally are ...
Edith Sawadogo +1 more
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Jàmbá, 2019 Abandoned gold mine sites are generally characterised by severe environmental problems and physical hazards. Because of socio-economic problems confronting communities around abandoned mine sites, historic and abandoned gold mines have become hot-spots ...
Sphiwe E. Mhlongo +4 more
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Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 2022 Gold mining is a major driver of Amazonian forest loss and degradation. As mining activity encroaches on primary forest in remote and inaccessible areas, satellite imagery provides crucial data for monitoring mining‐related deforestation. High‐resolution
Eric Stoll +4 more
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Optimizing Gold Recovery of Artisanal Mining: A Lesson Learned from Kenya
Jurnal Rekayasa Kimia & Lingkungan, 2022 The metallurgical testings to treat the Kenyan artisanal gold mining samples were performed with several processes such as gravity concentration (i.e., Knelson Concentrator and panning), flotation, and cyanidation or leaching.
Izzan Nur Aslam +3 more
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